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Discs over Belgian Congo uranium mines in CIA report

When: Mar 1952
Where: Lubumbashi, DR Congo
Sources: 2 public sources

The declassified CIA information report on discs seen over the Belgian Congo uranium mines CIA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

A CIA report translated a Vienna newspaper story that two fiery discs maneuvered over uranium mines near Elisabethville, Belgian Congo, and that a fighter pilot from the local airfield chased them without success. The CIA marked it unevaluated; it was never confirmed.

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OtherFlying Saucers over Belgian Congo Uranium Mines, CIA report 00-W-23602 (opens in a new tab)Central Intelligence Agency (copy hosted by Patrick Gross, UFOs at close sight) / 1952-08-16
OtherFlying Saucers over Belgian Congo Uranium Mines (opens in a new tab)Central Intelligence Agency (copy hosted by UFOScans)

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